Summary : This study deals with adaptation of irrigation canals, assets created at considerable costs as navigable waterways and thereby exploring possibilities of creating transportation capacity in a country on the threshold of major economic changes.

Table Of Contents :

Introduction

Approach and Methodology

Irrigation canal

Design principles in India

Navigation in canals

Major canals

Design of irrigation cum Navigation Canals

Indira Gandhi, Nehru project and Narmada Canal system

Annexures Scope of work for Techno-Market Surveys given byTIFAC, List of institutions,